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Wow, so first of all you are a microbiologist! You are like a James Bond kind of guy. Are you also a spy? Maybe concert pianist?
Yes I am very familiar with that type of journalism. They look for stories rather than truth, because that is what sold papers in the past and what gets clicks with pre-roll video ads today. I have been the victim of that several times. But once I played them and that was fun. I fed them a bit of nonsense which they actually printed.
But that is not the same as fake news. Fake news, before it became the term to describe any news you don't like, referred to literally fake or very dodgy websites/platforms that pose as news publications and print totally dubious articles with the intent of creating havoc.
Its origins really are the domain of spy craft, though the distinction between that and some fringy domestic sites has gotten pretty blurry. I know you weren't calling that fake news, Leslie did, but I didn't want to make two posts.
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